Florida Institute of Technology
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In just the past two years our university has seen a major resurgence in the number of proposals for funded research. The current value of Research Sponsored Projects is $35 million. The number of principal investigators has also doubled in the last three years to 90 faculty members—and four of them have received prestigious NSF Career Awards.
News Stories
Florida Tech Student Earns Ocean Engineering Scholarship
09/22/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Cheryl Skibski, a Florida Tech junior majoring in ocean engineering, has earned a $2,000 scholarship from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). A resident of Tolland, Mass., and on the Dean’s List, Skibski is president of the student SNAME organization on campus and is working on a minor in computational mathematics. Full Article
Free Lecture: Information Assurance Teaching, Service and Research
09/15/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Harris Institute for Assured Information at Florida Tech and the Space Coast Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) present a free monthly lecture series on security trends and topics. The next meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled for September 18 at 6:30 p. Full Article
Graduate Student Earns First Scholarship Awarded by Construction Writers Association
08/12/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Katie Basom Davis, a Florida Tech student working on a master’s degree in civil engineering, has earned the first-ever Build Your Future scholarship from the Construction Writers Association. The award was for $2,000. She was nominated for the scholarship by Florida Tech Professor Ralph Locurcio, a retired brigadier general in the Army Corps of Engineers. Full Article
Florida Tech Digital Arts & Design Course Open to Community
08/08/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—This fall, Florida Institute of Technology offers the new course, Digital Arts & Design, a special topic in computer science. The course, which meets Thursdays at 1 p.m. for 2 ½ hours, begins Aug. 21. There are no prerequisites. Full Article
Two New Marine Projects Funded for Florida Tech Professor
07/29/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—John H. Trefry, Ph.D., Florida Tech professor of oceanography, has earned funding for two new projects. He received $140,000 from Palm Beach County and $247,000 from the Shell Exploration & Production Company. In his Palm Beach County research, Trefry will seek to determine the sources of muck sediment in the Lake Worth Lagoon using various elemental and isotopic tracers. Full Article